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Audacity of Truth
Whiner-in-Chief:
"[W]hether the grumbling is about Republicans on Fox or bloggers in pajamas, there's a word for what the president and his aides are doing. That word is "whining." And nothing [...] does more damage to Obama's credibility or authority than the sense that a popular president is becoming the whiner-in-chief."
- John Nichols, Nation Magazine - 10/12/09
Newsweek: Bad Luck That Bush Won In 2000
I swear, the pomposity of these clowns over at Newsweek just boggles my mind at times:
Was there any more mind-boggling bit of historic bad luck than what happened after Election Day 2000, when those 537 votes in Florida wobbled, then stayed in George W. Bush’s column? Never mind what kind of president Al Gore would have been—he would have been adequate, I suppose, but so would have most Republicans—it is hard now to avoid the conclusion that Bush was precisely the wrong man at the wrong time. Perhaps Bush would have been OK fighting another kind of war, a Jacksonian Battle of New Orleans-type war. But at a moment in history when we faced the most subtle sort of global threat, when we needed not just a willingness to use military force but a leader of real brilliance—someone who would carefully study a little-understood enemy—we got a man who actually took pride in his lack of studiousness. No surprise: Bush never once presided over a grand-strategy session to divine the nature of Al Qaeda, and he ended up lumping Saddam and every Islamist insurgent and terrorist group with Osama bin Laden. He ensured that a tiny fringe group that had been hounded into Afghanistan with no place left to go—one that could have been wiped out had we focused on the task at hand—would spread worldwide and become a generational Islamist threat.
And at a time when we needed a world leader who understood the nuances of burden-sharing in the international system, we got a president who so badly wanted to be a cowboy and not his father (offending even some Texans: “all hat and no cattle” is the term they use down there) that he proudly declared he doesn’t “do nuance.” Bush stomped around huffily in his first term, talking loudly and carrying a big stick, in the process all but trashing a half century of carefully nurtured American prestige. No surprise: he alienated a world we desperately needed on our side, thus leaving America alone with all the burden and generations’ worth of bills to pay. Now we face two serious rising threats, North Korea and Iran. And having squandered our attention, resources and prestige on a trumped-up threat, Iraq, we are simply too weak and friendless to confront them as they should be. That’s what I call bad luck.
So, we’re just so “unlucky” to have George W. Bush at this moment in our history. Poor America. What a tragedy…
Puh-lease.
I’ve said many times in the past that things happen for a reason. I’m a big believer in fate, destiny, providence…whatever you want to call it. I firmly believe that things happen for a reason and people are born to be at a certain place, at a certain time, doing certain things that only they can do. My favorite saying (borrowing from Jurassic Park a little) is that “history will find a way”, meaning that providence will always find the right person at the right time for the right job.
For example, back in the 1930s, Winston Churchill was nearly killed by an automobile during a visit to the United States. By all accounts, he should have died. But he still had an important role to play, and I firmly believe he was spared for reason.
Just as it was no accident that Churchill survived and went on to become Prime Minister of Great Britain and fought Hitler, I don’t believe for a second that it was “bad luck” or an “accident” that George W. Bush is our President at this moment in history.
But to the left in this country, the election of George W. Bush was the worst thing (next to global warming) that could possibly happen to this country, and they still haven’t gotten over the fact that the robot Al Gore lost in 2000 and that Lurch John Kerry couldn’t beat him, either.
Update: I said this in the comments, but I think it bears repeating up here:
I said “things happen for a reason”. We may not know what that “reason” is at the moment, but given time, we will. I trust in the Almighty to do the right thing by mankind.
And I’m fully aware that the same things could be said of Hitler, too. He was nearly killed during WWI and at least once in WWII. Yes, it would have been better had that happened, but God, I believe, does things for a reason.
Now, why he would have a man like Hitler rise to power, I’m not sure. Maybe it was to teach us a lesson about absolute power, or that there is pure evil in the world. Maybe it was to teach us the lesson that we can stop evil before it starts (a lesson not learned in time to stop Hitler).
One of my favorite quotes from any movie is in “Oh, God”, with John Denver and George Burns. Denver asks “God” how he can allow all the suffering and misery in the world, and “God” replies “I don’t allow it. YOU do.”
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Lien, Now why exactly is God and Jesus against Republicans??? Is it because we support the death of a child thru partial birth abortion?? Ohhh wait no that is the Dems. Could it be because we are for the destuction of life thru destroying embryos??? Ohhh No wait that is the Dems. Is it because we think that a marriage should be between a man and a woman??? Ohhhh wait that is ….. no that is actually the Reps. What exactly is there for God to bless there Lien?? Seems to me that there is more that God or Jesus would hate, than what God or Jesus would love. I think that God has left this sort of stuff to you and I. But we shall see. Or is it perhaps God and Jesus just haven’t seen the lastest poll information showing that the Reps gaining on the Dems.
I have a friend that goes to a Four Square Church and he said that Jack Hayford called a meeting of all Four Square Churches to pray. He said that God or Jesus woke him up in the middle of the night and told him you will do this on the Sunday before the elections. So Hayford brought everyone together via satelite link with his church in CA, so they could pray. He even paid for the satelite link out of his own pocket. Seems to me that if God or Jesus were against Reps, they wouldn’t have woke up poor Mr. Hayford if the election was in the bag for the Dems. – Lorica
That is the most ridiculous commentary I’ve read in soem time. Do you think that providence uniquely positioned Kaiser Wilhelm to be emperor of Germany in 1914? How about Hitler in 1933? And no, I am not comparing Bush to any of these figures. I use them only to demonstrate the fallacy of your argument.
I believe I already covered that, but you must have missed it. Short answer, yes, I do.
RE: Baklava.
You still can answer my comments about Al-Malaki…
You asked for facts, I gave them to you…. Now answer them!!! You are putting slik Bill to shame here.
Stop Cutting and Running from the answer…. No coward implication here of course, and of course I am not insulting you right?
I am giving comfort to the enemy if I disagree with Bush’s policies? First of all… Who in hell do you take Bush for?… God? He starts a war and one can’t disagree with him or else I am helping the enemy… Really? … Now I am a traitor !!! as far as I am concerned this is a Democracy and Bush works for me…. I have every right to ask questions about this or any other war in my own country !!!!
But you people don’t call names you just say Cut and Run (from a war) but no coward implication… Or you help the enemy, but no traitor implication…. I tell you what…… Since you people are cutting and running from having a real plan to win the war I can put your situation like this:
You, the Rat, and Lorica are cutting and running in Iraq and helping the enemy win by IGNORING the facts on the grownd (Al-Malaki the three times ignored question)….. Any implication of an insult here is of course discounted by you because … I should not feel insulted by those same remarks right?
By the way … Who said that I wanted to cut and run? When did I said that?
You don’t want to be patronized? Then act like an adult and consider that THERE ARE MORE THAN TWO CHOICES (Stay the Course Vs. Cut and Run) in Iraq.
The two choices are Bush’s invention… You know the same man that said that we were turning the corner 2 years ago, or the same man that said that we were winning 3 years ago, or the same man that said that Putin was an honest man, or the same man that said that he was never going to Nation Build… What a stelar record of truth and accomplishment !!! I can see why you people get sooo angry if I am skeptical of his latest predictions .
RE; Sanity.
Since now I am the issue not Iraq… Kind of more important you know. Let’s just get this over fast.
Go back and read the first post addressing me by the Big Bang Hunter … Funny how you skiped that one in your little show of insults here. You put my answer, but not what came before.
Would you care to show your interested audience the postings by the Big Bang Hunter, or the White rat, or the agreement about the insults from Balkava?
Or do you some how cut and run from their postings? (No insult according to Mr. Blakava)
Or maibe I should call you an Idiot? … You know that’s the first think that came out of the Big Bang Hunter’s postings correct? … That’s what started the food fight in the first place… But some how to call me an idiot is fine… is what I call others what counts….
RE: Lorica.
Just a few questions and Observations:
1)If Clinton should have attacked when Saddam kicked out the Inspectors why did Bush attack when the inspectors were in Iraq INSPECTING?
2) Do you support attacks on any country that expells inspectors…. I have a few candidates for our next wars; North Korea, Iran, and Pakistan.
So now in your opinion we are to start wars with all these countries with our present voluntary Army, no support from the American people, and with our budget being finance by China? By the way I am not putting words in your mouth, I am just appling your logic to … as you put it Despots that kick out Inspectors…. Fair right? And who is to blame? … Bush correct?, for if he does not invade, just as Clinton (You blame him for it)some future President will have to invade !!! And the best time to invade?Simple!! When Inspetors are on the grownd inspecting that of course will give us so much more credibility!!…. Because you see Lorica Inspectors were on the grownd inspecting when Bush call them out…. So what gives?
“Screw the Arab street”. Bush Sr should just go to war with his allies, make them pay the bill, and then tell them “screw you”…. Lorica the reason I talk down at you is becuase you deserve it with remarks like that. Get serious please!! What in the hell do you take America for? A Lunatic Asylum?
I suppose you want to “screw” a billion Arabs that control 80 % of the Worlds oil reserves and backed by Nuclear weapons from Pakistan…. And do it in stile, by having Bush Sr. just brake an alliance, piss on his word, and start a war alone with a voluntary Army of 200,000 combat troops Vs. a billion Arabs right in the middle of the oil fields…. Now that is what I call vision Lori!!! Is called Armagedon.
As far as Saddam’s attempt to kill Bush Sr. It was an alleged plot. Never happened. And no one knows if it was true…. Or do you? Can you even tell the difference between an alleged plot and an assessination attempt?
Notice I answer your postings one by one.
Can you please answer my posting about Al-Malaki…Baklava can’t, so maibe you can give it a shot….. I dare you. Given the composition of Al-Malaki’s Government how do you “stay the course” again … To victory…. For a “Democracy” in a Government with more Militias than Saddam could have ever dream possible?
But I know, You are just going to ignore the question (like my friend Baklava) and go on doing something like;
Gil. puts “Can you please answer my postings about Al-Malaki… Baklava can’t”
And you answer: Here is gil insulting again all of us, and talking us down like if he knows so much…. And bla, bla , bla…
And the answer, and the debate about the issues???? Never there.
Sanity.
Since you want to have a normal debate, I ask you to please try.
I am only asking that people have the courtesy of addressing my points as I try my best to do when they have theirs.
I want an intellinget conversation. No statements like screw the Arab street, or you are a cut and run because you don’t want to stay the course, or if you don’t support Bush you are helping the enemy…..
That is not a debate. That I am sorry to say is just over the top. I most admit I have grown rather frustrated by the lack of real debate on this blog, and I did go to far.
The talking down some times I just can’t help it…. Some comments are just incredible!!
Again. You want to have a debate about the Iraq war and real issues and explore some real answers, and disagree in a normal way…. I am your man.
RE: Lorica
“It has been fun to make you look like a fool”
Now Lorica… What about the policy of bad words….
and insults.
Only applied to me all along right.
As for the fool part….. “Screw the Arab street Bush Sr. should just have invaded Iraq”…..
I did not say that; it was you…. And if you consider that remark a product of some higher IQ…. I most politely disagree… I am just going to restrain myself and not call it what it deserves to be called.
As for your fool part…. Stay the Course sweeety…. Now that’s what I call a Plan!! Napoleon would be proud of you.
You don’t deserve anything. Your behavior is atrocious. You continue to fail…..
HAHAHAHA!!! Pulease!!!
“Screw the Arab street”. Bush Sr should just go to war with his allies, make them pay the bill, and then tell them “screw you”…. Lorica the reason I talk down at you is becuase you deserve it with remarks like that. Get serious please!! What in the hell do you take America for? A Lunatic Asylum?
I suppose you want to “screw” a billion Arabs that control 80 % of the Worlds oil reserves and backed by Nuclear weapons from Pakistan…. And do it in stile, by having Bush Sr. just brake an alliance, piss on his word, and start a war alone with a voluntary Army of 200,000 combat troops Vs. a billion Arabs right in the middle of the oil fields…. Now that is what I call vision Lori!!! Is called Armagedon.
Do you time travel gil??? In 1991 Pakistan didn’t have nukes. Also we had established grounds to take out Sadamn, I sincerely doubt your “Armagedon” scenario.
Honestly gil, I just don’t have the time to continue this discussion. Your logic is so convuluted in it’s chonological order that you just don’t make alot of sense. I am tired of trying to weight thru the mud that you call logic in order to make sense of what you are saying. I don’t know what else to say, we are always going to disagree, even tho the standard by which we weigh out our logic might be a tad different. – Lorica
Also gil, there are not a billion Arabs. There are a billion Muslims. Also we continue to see that not all Muslims like each other. In 1991 Iran would of applauded an Iraq invasion by us as they had just ended their war with Sadamn using WMDs on Iran soldiers. Saudi Arabia would not of joined in as they too were attacked by Iraq. So where is your “armagedon” scenario??
You are completely lost:
As for the fool part….. “Screw the Arab street Bush Sr. should just have invaded Iraq”…..
I did not say that; it was you…. And if you consider that remark a product of some higher IQ…. I most politely disagree… I am just going to restrain myself and not call it what it deserves to be called.
I know I said this, what are you talking about??
Lastly saying I make you look like a fool, is not the same as calling you a fool. But good attempt at playing the victim, since YOU have called some of the posters here horrible names. Here again, I cannot make out a thing of what you are talking about. You make no sense. I am sorry, but I think your argument fell apart a couple of days ago. Now you are just seriously desperate. – Lorica
I can’t believe I missed out on all the fun! I just read this entire thread and my head hurts from the atrocious spelling.
Here are a few translations that might help to anyone who decides to read Gil’s comments:
Everithing – Everything
Balakava – Baklava
Startegy – Strategy
Entiteled – Entitled
Unbilivable – Unbelievable
Shure – Sure
Mine – Mind
Convenienece – Convenience
Compleately – Completely
Bluder – Blunder
Grownd – Ground
Disenters – Dissenters
VETORD – Veto
Containded – Contained
Coallision – Coalition
Maibe – Maybe
Trown – Thrown
Terrosit – Terrorist
Negociating – Negotiating
Loosers – Losers
Understendable – Understandable
Adecuate – Adequate
Blakava – Baklava
Hopefully this will ensure that when you read this you won’t be left with a headache!
LOL Ryan!
I know I missed several, but I think this will really help
That’s like saying, God wanted Katrina to happen. Nobody (that’s not one single person) can speak for what God wants with respect to majority voting patters. It’s ridiculous. Very ridiculous.